National Treasure
It’s not all about city walls and fortresses and trams. Nature plays a major part in my trips. I shall humbly ooh and ahh on shores, in the mountains, by bubbling brooks. And one of the best and most accessible places to go off track are national parks. Well, strictly speaking not off track since one is supposed to stay on the tracks in national parks. Also, occasionally, one is most definitely NOT alone. But here again low season plays nicely into my hands: Most tour groups are gone and the entry prices have plummeted. E.g. in Plitvička Jezera national park the entry in high season is a steep 40€, from the start of November 10€. Apart from solo wandering on mountain meadows and lonely seashores, I have visited three national parks on this trip. The first was Krka National park in Croatia (note the unfortunate shortage of vowels in Croatia. There is also the island of Krk though, so I suppose the national park was lucky to even get one vowel). Though Krka national park...
